The Inlaks Residency at Skowhegan, Maine, USA

1. The summer program will be from 5th June 2027 - 7th August 2027

2. The tuition will cover:

   a. Accommodation at Skowhegan, including housing and all meals.

   b. Private studio at Skowhegan and access to all the fabrication shops, library, performance space and fresco barn.

   c. Access to the learning program that includes weekly lectures, workshops, reading groups, theoretical seminars, and other activities.

   d. The program also includes collective and some individual studio visits with faculty.

3. The residency cost will include a subsidy for travel and material expenses for the Artist recipient, to be paid over and above the cost of tuition directly to the artist

4. Travel expenses will include a return ticket for the artist up to 1200 USD and a materials stipend for 1000 USD.

Note: All Indian applicants who meet the Inlaks eligibility criteria should contact Skowhegan before submitting their applications, and Skowhegan will be able to waive the application fee accordingly.

1. The applicant must be an Indian passport holding citizen and resident in India at the time of application.

2. The applicant must be 35 years or younger in the year of application.

3. The applicant must be accepted to Skowhegan’s summer program.

For more information, visit https://skowheganart.org/school/

The applicant should not have received any prior grant from the Inlaks Shivdasani Foundation for any other overseas project

Fill in the application form online avallabile on the website by clicking on ‘Apply Now’.

For more information, click here.

Any query may be sent to gladys@inlaksfoundation.org

When the opportunity is open to new applications, clicking the 'Apply Now' link at the top of the page will provide access to the application form on our online application system.

If the opportunity is closed and not accepting applications the 'Apply Now' link will not be visible.

• The selection comprises of three rounds in which different practitioners will carefully review the applicant's work.

• Finalists are interviewed and selected.

Skowhegan is a summer art school founded in 1946 by artists, with an open, experimental approach to learning. We share knowledge outside traditional academic frameworks. As a non-degree program, participants, faculty, and staff live and work together, building trust through daily communal life.

The program unfolds through studio visits, workshops, conversations, reading groups, lectures, and seminars that bring theory and practice together. Each year, participants, staff and faculty collectively shape the curriculum, guided by shared interests and the freedom to manage their own time—an openness that demands care, responsibility, and commitment.

The School is envisioned as a continuous work- in-progress environment, which prioritizes process and exchange: each individual’s practice influences the collective experience and deepens discourse around what “making” means to artists.

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